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Alaric leads you through the corridors of the outer Keep, stopping at a door on the inner side that appears no different from any of the others. He knocks, and waits. As you stand there anxiously, the door is opened by a woman. She appears to be in her thirties, although her brown hair, tied back in a long braid, has many silverly strands. At first you think this unremarkable person might be a servant. Then you look into her moss-green eyes and realize that this must be the Lady Andrea herself. "Thank you, Alaric," she says. Alaric nods and departs down the hall. "I'm pleased that you have come," she says. She ushers you into her modest apartment. She pauses to collect something from a room on the left. You peer into the chaos inside. It seems to be her office. Papers and books are stacked on shelves everywhere at crazy angles. A large map of the Four Lands is posted on the far wall, and other scraps of paper, with scribbled notes, are pinned along the margins. Andrea leads you into her sitting room. The mismatched furnishings look comfortable rather than elegant. The Druid Lady sits, and you see that she is now wearing wire-rimmed spectacles. She tells you to sit as well, and asks all about you, where have you come from, and the purpose of your journey. She notes your anxiety when she asks if you have come to study at Paranor. She asks if you would you like to: Have a tour of the Keep first, before you decide? Return to your lodgings in the village of Lake now?